Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-07

concealed hlmself from their search.
Sadly and sor. rwfully they return.
ed, the lasI patty arriving after
midnight of the second night. The
quest was utterly vain no print OF
his foot, no shred Of his clothing,
nothing that would denote his pres
ence could be found. The stricken
parents, like the patriarch of old,
refused to be comiorted. Like him
they felt, If they did not say, OF
their darling, "Some wild beast
hath devoured him."
With anguish and heaviness Of
heart did Guy Danvers and his
wife pass that fall and dreary WIN
ter that followed it. The heartfelt
sympathy of their rude pioneer
neighbors was given them, and
many visit was made them through
the trackless SHOWS of the forest
but these things could do little to
assusge their grief. Sometimes
they talked of returning to their
old Connecticut home; but all
places were much the same to them
now, and they decided that their
heavy burden could be borne as
we'll here as elsewhere. The spring
came; the snow disappeared, the
grand forest around them was
bursting into verdure and bloom,
and filed with the happy song OF
birds; but the JOY of nature only
caused the hearts of these parents
to bleed afresh. In the twilight OF
an April evening they sat together
with bowed heads and clasped
hands, listening as travelling mis-.
sionary, who had stopped with
them over night, aud to whom they
had told their story, read to them
from his Bible. He had turned 10
the Book of Job, aud his voice was
solemn and impressive as he read
that inspired record of loss, disap-
pointment, and trust in God.
"The Lord gave, ami the Lord
hath taken away blessed be the
name of the Lord"
The door softly opened as be read
these words-there was no knock
or call-and there in the doorway
stood Kondiarock, holding his long
rifle in one hand, with the lost
child standing by his side. The
little fellow was dressed in Indian
fashion throughout, from the eagle
feathers of chief in his hair to the
deer.skin moccssins upon his feet,
and his whole attire was snowy
with beads and trinkets. In an in.
slant he was In his mothers arms
then his father clasped him to his
breast and the tears, the joy, aud
the thanksgiving that followed, as
one might be welcomed back from
the grave, need not be dwelt upon
here.
There was a time during the even
ing, when the boy, fatigued with
the excitement of this meeting, and
the long journey he had taken, had
once more been placed in his little
crib, and the hunger of the Indian
had been satisfied, that the latter
told in few words the story OF lit
tie Picks loss and recovery. The
missionary was we'll acquainted
with the Mohawk language, and he
was able to interpret every word to
the parents. 1t appeared that on
the morning Of the cmld's disap-
pesrance a small party of Mohawks
we're about to return to Grand Xiv
er from a visit to their old home
One of them strayed little way
from the Ridge, and near the edge
Of Danvers' clearing he found the
boy at play, Prompted by some
motive which Kondiarock could not
explain, he kidnapped the child,
and the party took him with them
to the Grand River. No one saw
the act, and they met none of the
white settlers on their way; so that
the affair was buried in secrecy
Upon reaching the principal Mo
hawk village little Pick was adopt
ed Into the family of chief, and
thera he would probably have re-
NAMED, had not Kondiarock, who
had been absent all the winter
hunting in the Canadian wilds, re-
> turned 20 the village. He reccS-
nized the child at once, and related
, to the gtsat chief Of the tribe, who
/
was no less a person than Joseph
Brant, we'll known IN history, the
story of the kindness of the boys
, parents to himself.
, "And them" continued the In
D dian, "the great Thayendamges
f said, Iet us be just let us dc
right. DO you take back the white
pappoose rejoice the heart of the
9 psle-tace squaw with her child. 81
!. four days ago, did KondisrocB
q leave the huts of his people al
|, Grand River with the child. Very
l slowly he came, for the boy was
D, litno. add easily tired /; aud Their
T, hondiaross would take him up in
d his arms and c>-ry him. The SHOWS
r. are deep on some ~ the way the
=. great river Of the NiagNra had L
0. be crossed the forest was sull O.
ar hungry wolves; and when nigbi
K came, KondIarock had TO watch b,